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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

CHARLES IV. LORD, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,894, dated December10, 1861.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. LORD, of No. 65 Bedford street, in` thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedPocket Pen-Holder and Pencil- Case; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure I represents myinvention by a frontview. Fig. 2 represents the same by a vertical section taken at the linea: .fr of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a case for pen-holders,pencils, and similar articles of such dimensions that it may be carriedin any pocket of a garment without inconvenience to the wearer andwithout liability of injury to the points of the pens or pencils; and itconsists in arranging in the bottom of each of the several compartmentsof the case a conical metallic thimble, which encompasses the' pen orpencil and prevents the point of the same from being injured by beingcrowded too lfar into the case and against the bottom of the same orotherwise.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed todescribe it.

A represents the case, which is designed to be madeV of morocco, cloth,or of any other suitable material. rlwo pieces of the material being cutthe proper size to form the case are irst bound on their edges with anysuitable material and then sewed together on three sides, leaving oneside or end open to allow the pen-holder or pencil to be inserted intothe case. If preferred, the binding of the edges of the pieces and thesewing together of the same may be done at one operation, in which casea single piece of tape is placed over the adjoining edges and sewedthrough and through. The stitching represented by ct a in Fig. 1 dividesthe case longitudinally into three separate compartments of a size justlarge enough to admit a pencil or pen-holder to be inserted into them. Ametallic conical thimble b is placed in the bottom of each of thesecompartments and secured in position by stitching the two parts of thecase close up to its conical sides, as shown clearly in Fig. l. Thesides of the case embrace the pen-holders and pencils placed therein andprevent them from casually dropping out should the case become inverted.The case incloses about one-half of a common lead-pencil, the pointresting in the opening in the thimble,which passes entirely thro ugh it.

If desired, the sides of the case may have worked or stamped upon themany ornamental design. I propose, however, generally to make them plain,as shown in the drawings, but of different-colored materials to suitdifferent tast-es.

The within-described invention is particularly designed for persons whoare required to use a pencil or pen a great deal, and who for thatpurpose carry them about loosely in their pockets, frequently breakingthe points of the pencils, tearing out the pockets of the garments withthem, and otherwise being coustantly annoyed by them. 1

The cases are light, quite durable, occupying but little room in anypocket of a garment, and can be manufactured and sold at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a penholder and pencil-case havingmetallic conical thimbles b arranged in the bottom of each of itsseveral compartments, when constructed, combined, and operating in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. W. LORD.

Witnesses:

JAMES U. GRIDLEY, J. W. CooMBs.`

